Monday, Mar. 23, 2009 - 11:36 a.m.

Extemporaneous soup of the day:

1 small onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, chopped; 2 inch piece of smoked sausage, diced. Fry in oil. Add 1 tsp hot curry powder. One cup ham stock, 1 can rinsed and drained black eyed peas. 1 tsp dried oregano. 2 Tbs rice. A small handful of dandelion greens, chopped.

Making things up as I go along makes me feel like a real cook. The soup's pretty darn good, too.

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